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  • noun The state or quality of being herby.

Etymologies

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herby +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • And though one does not taste the cider, fennel seed and thyme strongly, there is a sweet herbiness throughout, harmonising with the richness of the meat.

    Weekend Cookbook Challenge # 28 - TV Cooks Shaun 2008

  • And though one does not taste the cider, fennel seed and thyme strongly, there is a sweet herbiness throughout, harmonising with the richness of the meat.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Shaun 2008

  • I think it is a sweet herbiness, like thyme, which is probably why lamb is often paired with rosemary

    Archive 2007-05-01 Shaun 2007

  • Its essense involves crustiness, garlicky, peppery herbiness, and defatted juices to dunk your good bread in.

    Toast: Lindy 2005

  • Its essense involves crustiness, garlicky, peppery herbiness, and defatted juices to dunk your good bread in.

    Dinner for C Part III: Chicken Nannymama Lindy 2005

  • I think it is a sweet herbiness, like thyme, which is probably why lamb is often paired with rosemary

    2 Recipes with Lamb: Roasted and Braised Shaun 2007

  • For beverages she stews into rank herbiness cheap tea by the quart, and Rio coffee, weak and turbid, with plenty of sugar in both.

    The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Marion Harland 1876

  • Slivers of fresh basil leaf stirred into the end give it that hit of fresh herbiness.

    Serious Eats 2009

  • Slivers of fresh basil leaf stirred into the end give it that hit of fresh herbiness.

    Serious Eats 2009

  • It hummed warmly through me and I could taste the green herbiness of the grad student’s blood.

    Haunted Honeymoon Marta Acosta 2010

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